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the growth of the food industry was analyzed in the city and one of the recommendations of the city was part of that. there is also the issue of safety. there is traffic safety and cross traffic and local traffic and market trucks. this is going to be a huge plus for the neighborhood. i really want to underscore the fact that we have the need for these buildings to address safety regulations. thank you very much. >> i am the owner of the washington-will co., one of the markets at the wholesale produce market. my business was started by my grandfather in 1931 and subsequently run by my father and uncles and i own it now. i have 15 employees. we have many customers throughout the city and we serve customers throughout the entire bay area. my father was in the position that i am in 1960 when he was working with the mayor to relocate the produce market from the building gave way to where it stands now. at that point, the deal was you guys get out of their and everyone is happy. merchants realize that's not climate we're operating in now. we very much appreciate the attention the city has sh
the growth of the food industry was analyzed in the city and one of the recommendations of the city was part of that. there is also the issue of safety. there is traffic safety and cross traffic and local traffic and market trucks. this is going to be a huge plus for the neighborhood. i really want to underscore the fact that we have the need for these buildings to address safety regulations. thank you very much. >> i am the owner of the washington-will co., one of the markets at the...
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impact the city's revenue. that comes into the budget and then gets distributed as general fund. if that legislation were to be approved, and if the programmer to be funded, we would effectively reduce our revenue by an estimated $2 million. supervisor chu: it gets reduced -- >> yes. supervisor chu: thank you. with regard to the budget analysts recommendation? this is an allowance under the initiative. and the budget is assumed before you. >> madam chair, eyes -- i fail to mention the control, which is $6,653, and that is ongoing savings that would allow an increase in the budgets department of the 6%. >> if there are no questions from the committee at this time, let's move on supervisor avalos. >> i'm not sure if my staff had contacted the control office about the small-business exemption that we preliminarily passed last tuesday. it does show a hole in the budget of two million dollars and i think it would be important to consider within the context of the budget and last week we approved it without an improv
impact the city's revenue. that comes into the budget and then gets distributed as general fund. if that legislation were to be approved, and if the programmer to be funded, we would effectively reduce our revenue by an estimated $2 million. supervisor chu: it gets reduced -- >> yes. supervisor chu: thank you. with regard to the budget analysts recommendation? this is an allowance under the initiative. and the budget is assumed before you. >> madam chair, eyes -- i fail to mention...
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the city. most of of them are elevator hatches for subsidewalk basements. but in certain cases like this one there is a utility under there. >> if you are on a steep hill with one on ask its raining boy can you take off. >> what is the new requirement >> the new requirement is the property owners are required to bring these into compliance. get tests run. if they won't site them if our inspector feels this is too slippery. we don't have instruments to determine that. yeah. there are things you can do. you can sand blast it to roughen it, epoxy coatings and things you can do to adjust it. certain things are exempted. the exceptions are the sewer vent covers. 4 inches 4 inches. those are exempt [inaudible]. one other thing before we leave this we have seen 2 fire hydrants the new fire hydrant, an old fire hydrant and across the street, laurence. this is part of the high pressure water system develop indeed san francisco after the 1906 earthquake when the board of supervisors passed legislation to
the city. most of of them are elevator hatches for subsidewalk basements. but in certain cases like this one there is a utility under there. >> if you are on a steep hill with one on ask its raining boy can you take off. >> what is the new requirement >> the new requirement is the property owners are required to bring these into compliance. get tests run. if they won't site them if our inspector feels this is too slippery. we don't have instruments to determine that. yeah....
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do you think the city should spend money to keep the 49ers? supervisor chu: america's cup has the potential to serve as an economic engine for us. we knew that going in, and that is why it was such an important effort on the city's part, to bring that activity to san francisco. not only would it result in improvements on the pier that we were not able to afford any other way, but it helps to bring about jobs, people coming to visit, helping with our tourism industry, everything else associated with having a major event in the city. that is something that helps bring up the economic opportunities of a community, and that is very important. if you think about the role of sports in san francisco, we have to think about the giants and how amazing that whole experience was for us in terms of the world series. we had people in my district as we were coming in for the parade on muni. everybody was dressed in giants colors. everybody was in such an elated mood. everybody was brought together, no matter what ethnicity, what community, what neighborhood
do you think the city should spend money to keep the 49ers? supervisor chu: america's cup has the potential to serve as an economic engine for us. we knew that going in, and that is why it was such an important effort on the city's part, to bring that activity to san francisco. not only would it result in improvements on the pier that we were not able to afford any other way, but it helps to bring about jobs, people coming to visit, helping with our tourism industry, everything else associated...
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be working under the direction of the city administrator. they will be evaluating files, making recommendations, but ultimately, the director of the human rights commission has the authority under chapter 12b of equal benefits ordinance to determine if someone is or is not compliant. the ultimate decision has to be made by the director. interestingly, it is the director and not the commission. there is no appeal to the commission. supervisor campos: i guess the question for me is more of a practical one. i can see the director being able to make that determination where the director retains day- to-day oversight and supervision of some of these individuals. i wonder if you could tell me then -- how does that work? to the extent that they will be day to day reporting to the administrator -- i just want to understand how that works. >> i did not think it has been put into place yet. it is hard for anyone to undstand the question, but i think the factual analysis will be made and reported to the ultimate decision maker, and i of the ultimate de
be working under the direction of the city administrator. they will be evaluating files, making recommendations, but ultimately, the director of the human rights commission has the authority under chapter 12b of equal benefits ordinance to determine if someone is or is not compliant. the ultimate decision has to be made by the director. interestingly, it is the director and not the commission. there is no appeal to the commission. supervisor campos: i guess the question for me is more of a...
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the city is the largest employer in the county and ranks high. because we are a combined city and county, we have more employees than other cities. meaning we are providing high- quality health care to a lot of employees. as such, the cost of this will not always be a top area of focus for meet. the health services system works with an array of partners to institute two accountable care organizations coordinated by blue shield. one by dignity health, the other with brown in colandand cohen c. we want to help employees control costs through preventative health and screening. controlling costs, providing high-quality health insurance options are our two goals. reconciling these is not always easy. we will look for solutions in our daily work, be it negotiating rates for health insurance providers, considering help bridge above list strategies or health reform in a coordinated or efficient manner city-wide. unfortunately, there is no single solution to the rising health-care costs. we have to focus not only on negotiating the best rates for employee
the city is the largest employer in the county and ranks high. because we are a combined city and county, we have more employees than other cities. meaning we are providing high- quality health care to a lot of employees. as such, the cost of this will not always be a top area of focus for meet. the health services system works with an array of partners to institute two accountable care organizations coordinated by blue shield. one by dignity health, the other with brown in colandand cohen c....
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in the city and county. for fiscal year 2013, allocation is actually 7.855 million. so it has grown significantly from the cap of $60 million a number of years ago. the charter section also allows the city to defer up to 25% of this allocation in those years where the city has a deficit of $100 million or more. than has occurred for a number of consecutive years. the mayor and the board of supervisors has opted to defer up to 25% for both the first five commission and is the school district so the 25% for this coming fiscal year has a value of $17.7 million, leaving a direct allocation of $53.14 million. so for the unified school district, there is also stipulation in the charter that allows the city to provide in lew of cash -- lieu of cash in kind services. this coming fiscal year, cash allocation will be $32.68 million or $7.75 million in in-kind services. these are services provided by the city to the schools on school property. so the total -- >> what are examples of -- >> nurses and direct service prov
in the city and county. for fiscal year 2013, allocation is actually 7.855 million. so it has grown significantly from the cap of $60 million a number of years ago. the charter section also allows the city to defer up to 25% of this allocation in those years where the city has a deficit of $100 million or more. than has occurred for a number of consecutive years. the mayor and the board of supervisors has opted to defer up to 25% for both the first five commission and is the school district so...
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he is very familiar with the incredible work that spur does with the city, because of his work as a city administrativor,a lot of us from his vantage point of the mayor's office. i would like to recognize the department heads and elected officials. i know i've seen some of you here. thank you for coming out to support the fund workover our city employees. it is a privilege to me in particular to be here because i have had the opportunity for the last several years to be on the selection committee for the good government awards. it is really a treat. as a human-resources director, i get a lot of bad news. some of that gets in the newspaper. with all due respect to our brethren in the press, it's always a good story to write about bad behavior that may happen in a city department or that a public employee may have engaged in. we are the largest employer in san francisco. it is only natural as some of that bad behavior may fall on our doorsteps. it is refreshing to see some of the wonderful work people are doing, who really personify the ethos of san francisco. i want to celebrate that. on
he is very familiar with the incredible work that spur does with the city, because of his work as a city administrativor,a lot of us from his vantage point of the mayor's office. i would like to recognize the department heads and elected officials. i know i've seen some of you here. thank you for coming out to support the fund workover our city employees. it is a privilege to me in particular to be here because i have had the opportunity for the last several years to be on the selection...
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the city. there's not enough of them -- we should have more field space but kids need natural areas where they can enjoy nature. in this heavily urbanized city there are very few of those. the western end of golden gate park is one of the few areas. last week and i rode up the highway with my kids and we went to be to l.a.. the kids played in the woods and they felt like we were a few miles -- we were a few miles away from home and they felt like we were a million miles away in the forest. it is important to preserve these dark sky, natural areas and this is one of the few that are left in the city. luckily, we can have both. our organizations have proposed the hybrid alternative to put artificial turf and night lighting and west sunset playground which is developed as a playground. six soccer fields can be accommodated whereas only four can be accommodated at beach l.a.. at the same time we should restore beach l.a. with very good, high-quality natural turf, go for approving and mash and good
the city. there's not enough of them -- we should have more field space but kids need natural areas where they can enjoy nature. in this heavily urbanized city there are very few of those. the western end of golden gate park is one of the few areas. last week and i rode up the highway with my kids and we went to be to l.a.. the kids played in the woods and they felt like we were a few miles -- we were a few miles away from home and they felt like we were a million miles away in the forest. it...
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the city needs to recommit ourselves to the values that our city was named after. st. francis believed in compassion for those who have less -- had less than others. those of us with opportunities have to give back. part of that entails taking care of the most important among us, the folks who have need, including our homeless. >> let's talk about the transportation situation in your district. you mentioned that transit could be better. how is parking and traffic? is there enough muni service now? >> you are talking to the one member of the board that does not only car. i get around my district by muni, bicycle, or hailing a cab. our transit system is truly challenge. our bosses are late one out of four times. -- our buses are late one out of a quarter times. they're still not as clean and safe as we'd like. we can do better and investing in our muni system. we need more taxicabs on the streets. is difficult to obtain a cab. i support the concept of centralized taxi dispatch systems so you know who you can call to get a cab. i am a big believer in pedestrian bicycling
the city needs to recommit ourselves to the values that our city was named after. st. francis believed in compassion for those who have less -- had less than others. those of us with opportunities have to give back. part of that entails taking care of the most important among us, the folks who have need, including our homeless. >> let's talk about the transportation situation in your district. you mentioned that transit could be better. how is parking and traffic? is there enough muni...
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housing in the city. i think it is so important that we maintain our diversity in san francisco and who we are as a people and we really stay true to those values. the large part, insuring something that we want to focus on and i want to focus on, making sure that there are housing opportunities for our first responders to be here in san francisco and living here, police officers, firefighters, sheriffs, teachers -- people that provide such essential services for our community, to make sure they have opportunities in san francisco to buy homes, set up groups as a family and really be integrated into our neighborhoods. to me, that is what we should be doing and, again, something we should be doing. >> let's talk again about transportation in your district. is there adequate service? let's talk about parking and traffic. tell us a little bit about district 2. >> district 2 definitely relies on muni quite a bit, though perhaps not as much as other districts, but it is so important for a number of people, for
housing in the city. i think it is so important that we maintain our diversity in san francisco and who we are as a people and we really stay true to those values. the large part, insuring something that we want to focus on and i want to focus on, making sure that there are housing opportunities for our first responders to be here in san francisco and living here, police officers, firefighters, sheriffs, teachers -- people that provide such essential services for our community, to make sure...
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city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i s
city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how...
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the city. there's a current proposal for $750,000 to parks for new gardeners. which is great. these proposals are what we need. they've also approved six training academies for police and fire. again, really needed. something we haven't met in our city charter. these are good things. the point in bringing these up, with these type of things it's easy to see the immediate impact of the investment. you can see safer streets. can you immediately see no graffiti in parks. with education, we're always go to have some who rise to the top and able to succeed despite the funding we put in front of them and there are lots who are not. and i think in our city we need to be different and we have been different. we're so lucky and fortunate that we have voters who have supported initiatives over the years. we need to continue doing that and be clear that this won't happen on our watch. we will not let our kids fall through the cracks despite what's happening with the state. and so we need to come up with a
the city. there's a current proposal for $750,000 to parks for new gardeners. which is great. these proposals are what we need. they've also approved six training academies for police and fire. again, really needed. something we haven't met in our city charter. these are good things. the point in bringing these up, with these type of things it's easy to see the immediate impact of the investment. you can see safer streets. can you immediately see no graffiti in parks. with education, we're...
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rights commission to the city administrator. president chiu: can you read the consent agenda? >> an ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by waterfront watch against the city for $225,000, establishing a process for review. how to reduce emissions at pier 27 and agreement not to place a jumbo screen on the water. on item one. [roll call vote] there are a 111 aye's. amending the tax cut to -- [unintelligible] supervisor farrell: this is an item we continued a couple weeks ago while budget negotiations were going on in committee. we will do the thanks later, and we will be hearing it in a little bit. as part of the contemplated a budget, it is an extension for small businesses that applies citywide. the goal here is for hundreds of jobs a year, to really send a signal as we continue to debate the gross receipts transition that we support our small business community. i want to thank my co-sponsors who worked very closely with me on that. we hope to have your support to their again. >> colleagues, i want to thank yo
rights commission to the city administrator. president chiu: can you read the consent agenda? >> an ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by waterfront watch against the city for $225,000, establishing a process for review. how to reduce emissions at pier 27 and agreement not to place a jumbo screen on the water. on item one. [roll call vote] there are a 111 aye's. amending the tax cut to -- [unintelligible] supervisor farrell: this is an item we continued a couple weeks...
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us -- and i appreciate that in the presentation from the city administration -- the city administrator that there was a note about how you would be coming back in a few months to report on how things are going. i concede to the extent that something has become a contract ing issue, that moving it away from hrc could allow it to strengthen its role in some of the related issues. i think it is important for us to continue to watch this closely. >> we also had the same conversation when his first occurred. the city administrator and the mayor assured us that under their watch, their intent is to strengthen and expand the ordinance. with same-sex marriage being approved across the country, right now, we have been working with cathy barnes on some of this and in some of the equal protection definitions, same-sex marriage is not recovered under domestic partnerships. people might have to register as domestic partnerships even though they are legally married just because of how federal law is. some of those are difficult issues, and i think a lot of those need to be addressed through legislat
us -- and i appreciate that in the presentation from the city administration -- the city administrator that there was a note about how you would be coming back in a few months to report on how things are going. i concede to the extent that something has become a contract ing issue, that moving it away from hrc could allow it to strengthen its role in some of the related issues. i think it is important for us to continue to watch this closely. >> we also had the same conversation when his...
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in the city. they can result in higher profits, and they can reinforce the compact between the train workers and the finance developers. they are committed to working through the board, with the other city leaders to create the work force housing -- for the economic position. thank you very much. >> and is there any additional public comment? the public comment portion is closed. commissioner antonini: my first question is for the staff, dealing with parking. with market octavia, with the testimony and the language it was stated that the sponsors could have 35 more offsite. and we wonder which is the case here. >> according to the planning code we could have 147 residential of speed spaces, and so this is within the amount that they can request. >> maybe because they're not all under the same parts of the market -- there is a higher allowance. with the market octavia. >> in this case -- this is split. this is the maximum cap. you cannot go over. they are complying because there underneath the maxi
in the city. they can result in higher profits, and they can reinforce the compact between the train workers and the finance developers. they are committed to working through the board, with the other city leaders to create the work force housing -- for the economic position. thank you very much. >> and is there any additional public comment? the public comment portion is closed. commissioner antonini: my first question is for the staff, dealing with parking. with market octavia, with the...
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in addition to the infusion of funds from the city, -- to the city from the corporation, to a system covering rental costs by replacing a location or if we so choose, debt service if we purchase the replacement site. there are certain triggers in the least that need to lead to the relocation. the city has to find a suitable site. the corporation has to have certainty they have an anchor tenant to take the newly constructed space. we than mutually move forward subject to board approval of the transaction regarding a suitable replacement site that will return to this committee, as likely, and to the full board. we are looking very closely at to particular sites we think are well-suited to meet the needs. there is the potential there will be some right sizing of what they provide and we are considering that. in terms of what the replacement site might be, it may not be quite as large as the current site. the estimates of move costs and ongoing rental expenses are outlined a budget analyst report on pages 8 and 9 and reflect the reality of those particular sites we're looking at and the
in addition to the infusion of funds from the city, -- to the city from the corporation, to a system covering rental costs by replacing a location or if we so choose, debt service if we purchase the replacement site. there are certain triggers in the least that need to lead to the relocation. the city has to find a suitable site. the corporation has to have certainty they have an anchor tenant to take the newly constructed space. we than mutually move forward subject to board approval of the...
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these -- that they city -- that the city survey the existing stock based on features. it is important to know about people's perception of usability or access. to actually go along with a checklist and really be able to objectively assess what is out there and the availability. it is important, helping us to identify areas where there are minimum in easy fixes, making those units so much more efficient. the tenants in those units,, they must have an overall prioritization strategy for placing seniors with disabilities in units based on specific needs. the report in front of you talked about prioritizing people with disabilities and seniors and being put in lower floors of ground level units. really, we need to take a close look at our existing stock, needs, and be able to match them up with the accessibility situation. just because someone might be aging it does not necessarily oppose -- it does not necessarily oppose the limitation on their physical mobility or their need for a bigger bathroom. but by simply installing a grab bar, it may. you have heard it before. mar
these -- that they city -- that the city survey the existing stock based on features. it is important to know about people's perception of usability or access. to actually go along with a checklist and really be able to objectively assess what is out there and the availability. it is important, helping us to identify areas where there are minimum in easy fixes, making those units so much more efficient. the tenants in those units,, they must have an overall prioritization strategy for placing...
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we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the price on? public safety falls into that category as a basic critical service. transportation, making sure we have the functional muni is critical. core public health services like dealing with mental on this on our streets -- with mental illness on our streets. if we do not provide services, we will pay the price. it works out from there in terms of budget priorities. >> with your plans on dealing with homelessness? >> it is homelessness in general and behavior on the streets. we need to make sure people have access to services. i was a sup
we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the...
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i am very pleased that the city family, many of us are united with many forces in the city to pass this in november. supervisor wiener: thank you. i wanted knowledge and thank supervisor campos for his remarks that perfect is not the enemy of the good. it is never as much as any of us would ideally like. as we start recapturing more of the redevelopment money, this will be a very sizable investment. there is something in this for anyone to love or not love some much, but that is the mark of a terrific collaborative compromise. we can all agree there is a problem and work to find the common ground and agreement, even if not everyone is enthusiastic and in love with every aspect of it. there is a lot of good in here and it will start moving ness and the right direction. -- moving us in the right direction. supervisor avalos: one thing i forgot to mention, with the housing stabilization program, my office would like to collaborate with the mayor's office of housing on furthering how we put this program together and how we make it relevant to our community. supervisor campos: i forgot to me
i am very pleased that the city family, many of us are united with many forces in the city to pass this in november. supervisor wiener: thank you. i wanted knowledge and thank supervisor campos for his remarks that perfect is not the enemy of the good. it is never as much as any of us would ideally like. as we start recapturing more of the redevelopment money, this will be a very sizable investment. there is something in this for anyone to love or not love some much, but that is the mark of a...
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. >> talk about the role of sports and in the city's future. you have thoughts about the america's cup, the 49ers? supervisor kim: i am a fan of the forty-niners and are giants and are warriors. i want them to stay in the area. one thing i love about the giants is it is so easily accessible by caltran and muni, and i hope to see that infrastructure build for the forty-niners if the state. the same thing for the america's cup. we have to make sure as we build infrastructure for major sporting events we are keeping in mind the needs of san francisco and what they would like to see come out of these events. it is great if it creates jobs and helps to raise our tax base. >> slightly unrelated, but i am curious how you feel your work -- how your work with the school board has prepared to for being a supervisor? supervisor kim: i will say this about the board of education. when i ran for the board of education, i really wanted to represent and make sure i had to be -- had to have a voice in the system. what really surprised me about being on the scho
. >> talk about the role of sports and in the city's future. you have thoughts about the america's cup, the 49ers? supervisor kim: i am a fan of the forty-niners and are giants and are warriors. i want them to stay in the area. one thing i love about the giants is it is so easily accessible by caltran and muni, and i hope to see that infrastructure build for the forty-niners if the state. the same thing for the america's cup. we have to make sure as we build infrastructure for major...
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hurwitz: currently, city tunnel 1 and city tunnel number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. so you'd lose half the city if you didn't have a replacement. narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a sandhog. i've been a sandhog for 37 years. narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we fi
hurwitz: currently, city tunnel 1 and city tunnel number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. so you'd lose half the city if you didn't have a replacement. narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a sandhog. i've been a sandhog for 37 years. narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work...
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employees that are hired in our city. 50 2% of the revenue generated in our city. 52% of the revenue generated in our cities from small businesses. when you look at challenges, when you look at mid-market, then you start feeling investment confidence when small-business is started locating theire, and their willingness to collaborate with the arts organizations and start to bring relief into the very hard core area of our city. it was not just the big companies. they are getting a lot of credit for that. who was there to start the revival? it was our small businesses. that is why as soon as i stepped forward and got elected, i looked back at who could recognize readily. it has got to be our small business community. regina and steve said we could use help. the revolving loan fund was used up. instantly would put the money in there. we that the board of supervisors to revive it. we have $1 million committed today along with wells fargo $500,000. it is there and will be used fast. in the next budget for the next team of years, we have already got plans for the whole $5 million. as long
employees that are hired in our city. 50 2% of the revenue generated in our city. 52% of the revenue generated in our cities from small businesses. when you look at challenges, when you look at mid-market, then you start feeling investment confidence when small-business is started locating theire, and their willingness to collaborate with the arts organizations and start to bring relief into the very hard core area of our city. it was not just the big companies. they are getting a lot of credit...
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city should be accountable to the general public. people should know what decisions they're making. those decisions have great impact on a large number of residents in the city. i just want to continue to urge the housing authority to seriously consider relocating in order to have their meetings televised and broadcast to insure accountability. i wanted to thank supervisors campos, chu, kim, and mar for cosponsoring that. i will be introducing legislation that would establish a named district along divisadero. we have had a couple of meetings with merchants, we plan to spend most of the august meeting with more merchants and residents. divisadero is establishing itself in a very unique way. it seems that now's the time to start reflecting on how that district or that street will move forward. some of the considerations that are being given is to rethink a second floor uses and an existing non residential building. we have been -- we have approached sf made in the hopes of bringing in a different employment to bring in art is at all u
city should be accountable to the general public. people should know what decisions they're making. those decisions have great impact on a large number of residents in the city. i just want to continue to urge the housing authority to seriously consider relocating in order to have their meetings televised and broadcast to insure accountability. i wanted to thank supervisors campos, chu, kim, and mar for cosponsoring that. i will be introducing legislation that would establish a named district...
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at the last meeting there was a hearing on the city response to the ada federal law. this was recalled in response to lawsuits that have been brought against owners of small businesses. this was stuffed by the city attorney's office, department of public works, small business commission, department of building inspection, mayor's office, and planning. we focused on the recently- awarded certified local government grant. this will enable us to develop storefront guidelines that comply with our resource controls and american disabilities act controls. what they heard about a pending ordinate sponsored by president chiu that would require information about compliance to be embedded in every new commercial least, and this was informational only, so no action was taken. on tuesday the full board meeting, they did hear the charter of them and for the housing trust fund as you discussed. -- they did hear the charter ordinance for the housing trust fund. supervisor campos supported it but regretted it was not supported by a tax. also, the transit center district plan. the lan
at the last meeting there was a hearing on the city response to the ada federal law. this was recalled in response to lawsuits that have been brought against owners of small businesses. this was stuffed by the city attorney's office, department of public works, small business commission, department of building inspection, mayor's office, and planning. we focused on the recently- awarded certified local government grant. this will enable us to develop storefront guidelines that comply with our...
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and the city want to point out. it features working women, children, the u.n. at symbol, and history, all of which will be gone from the planned replacement. that was originally part of the community process that supervisor campos set up jointly in a letter with the mayor, and which we have had serious problems with. when we tried to find agendas, minutes, public meeting announcements, or recorded votes, we found none. when we asked for the supervisor pedophile, we got hundreds of pages that looked like this -- supervisor's mural file, we got hundreds of pages that looked like this, blacked out, in violation of the sunshine ordinance. it appears there was a two- tiered system. the folks who were cherry pick four key meetings and those who were not. those who heard earlier about wordings for the agreement that was ultimately signed, and those who did not. >> -- president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i come before you today because of the increased homicide rate we are now facing in our city. as a
and the city want to point out. it features working women, children, the u.n. at symbol, and history, all of which will be gone from the planned replacement. that was originally part of the community process that supervisor campos set up jointly in a letter with the mayor, and which we have had serious problems with. when we tried to find agendas, minutes, public meeting announcements, or recorded votes, we found none. when we asked for the supervisor pedophile, we got hundreds of pages that...
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the city cannot finalize until the board of appeals appeals are resolved. the coastal commission will have to rely on the city-certified eir, if it is going to take any action. that would include upholding the coastal zone issue by the city, should it be appropriately appealed to the coastal commission. >> -- supervisor cohen: may be mentioned as a 0.5 hours ago. please refresh my memory. i keep hearing this alternative hybrid plan. could you talk to meet a little bit about why you are against the hybrid plan? specifically, the west sunset baseball fields? it is not an option. is that correct? >> we have talked about this a couple of different times throughout the hearing tonight. our goal is to maximize our apply for kids. you heard a ton of compelling testimony about our shortage of fields. any sort of hybrid alternative, which would need its own set of environmental approvals -- we would have to start from scratch. you have come up with 1800 hours of less play. to put that in perspective, that translates to about 30 hours per week, on average, or about 9
the city cannot finalize until the board of appeals appeals are resolved. the coastal commission will have to rely on the city-certified eir, if it is going to take any action. that would include upholding the coastal zone issue by the city, should it be appropriately appealed to the coastal commission. >> -- supervisor cohen: may be mentioned as a 0.5 hours ago. please refresh my memory. i keep hearing this alternative hybrid plan. could you talk to meet a little bit about why you are...
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we believe the city is addressing those currently. there were four findings from the prior year, and our prior recommendations were implemented. any questions on the prior year? and our audit plan for 2012, we will again audit the mta, cuc, sfo, and health services. all the reports we are preparing for the current year are listed on page 15 of the handout that you have from kpmg of our audit plan. we are including all of our required to medications of our responsibilities and the city's responsibilities in our audit plan here. we are independent of the city for the year ending 2012. our detailed audit plans are the same. the timetable, our work began in may and will end in january 2013, with all the reports being issued by the end of october of this year. all the financial statement reports included in the capital. any questions? supervisor farrell: colleagues, and questions for kpmg? >> thank you. supervisor farrell: thanks very much. >> good morning again. we also have department zero representatives available here from any departme
we believe the city is addressing those currently. there were four findings from the prior year, and our prior recommendations were implemented. any questions on the prior year? and our audit plan for 2012, we will again audit the mta, cuc, sfo, and health services. all the reports we are preparing for the current year are listed on page 15 of the handout that you have from kpmg of our audit plan. we are including all of our required to medications of our responsibilities and the city's...
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the city field foundation was started in 2006, in response to clear data that the city faced a critical shortage of play field facilities. san francisco needed 65 additional play fields to meet demand back then, in 2004. the greatest shortfall of playing time was found between 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, most heavily impacting youth after school. the data is not surprising, when you consider the huge and growing popularity of team ground sports in san francisco. we have over 950 teams in the city. over 12,000 kids are playing soccer on san francisco fields. that is about 17% of all the children in san francisco. all of our neighborhoods from the debut to the mission -- a view to the mission. our challenge has gone even greater. we have 1800 more kids playing soccer, and 150 more teams and when this 2004 study occurred. girls soccer and lacrosse teams have grown by more than 60% since 2007. boys little league baseball registration filled up in seven hours, leaving thousands of families looking outside the city for teams and fields. building 65 new fields to keep pace with growin
the city field foundation was started in 2006, in response to clear data that the city faced a critical shortage of play field facilities. san francisco needed 65 additional play fields to meet demand back then, in 2004. the greatest shortfall of playing time was found between 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, most heavily impacting youth after school. the data is not surprising, when you consider the huge and growing popularity of team ground sports in san francisco. we have over 950 teams...
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in the city. keep it high in the city. you know we went crazy once, when he tried to jump in the send, and he got sandy dunn. and the green grass, keeping a high end fund. ♪ we will have lots of fun in the sandy sun supervisors, when you're done keep it natural ♪ thanks. [applause] >> next speaker. >> i was nervous enough, now i have to follow that. i am not going to sing. it has been a long couple hours, thank you for your time. i am here to ask you to please support the appeal. as many others have said, it is inadequate and does not address the plan. it is inconsistent with the master plan. why have we spent so much time and energy when the plan was developed to ignore that? it is not due process, and it really needs to be part of what you are addressing today. i am not here to cite specific sections, but i would like to mention that i grew up in san francisco. i still live here. in my lifetime, i have seen many spaces that were once open space. they got paved over a little at a time. and we need to step back and loo
in the city. keep it high in the city. you know we went crazy once, when he tried to jump in the send, and he got sandy dunn. and the green grass, keeping a high end fund. ♪ we will have lots of fun in the sandy sun supervisors, when you're done keep it natural ♪ thanks. [applause] >> next speaker. >> i was nervous enough, now i have to follow that. i am not going to sing. it has been a long couple hours, thank you for your time. i am here to ask you to please support the...
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learn about the city from you. i want to express my thanks. your commitment to the commission and his department, said thank you so much. i am hopeful that we will be seeing you quite frequently. two other things i wanted to report to the commission. the budget committee of the board did approve our entire budget as was proposed by both you and the additions proposed by the mayor. my understanding is that the budget committee that until 5:00 in the morning on the day they approved the budget. i am very pleased and gratified to said they did approve all the additional resources for the department that the mayor had proposed in the budget. we will be doing a number of hirings as a result of that unable to tackle some of the work we have been -- that have been identified in the work plan. i just received notes regarding the at&t case. the litigation, the superior court upheld the city's environmental review for those at&t light boxes. i do not have all decisions of the court case. i have not had a chance to read it ye
learn about the city from you. i want to express my thanks. your commitment to the commission and his department, said thank you so much. i am hopeful that we will be seeing you quite frequently. two other things i wanted to report to the commission. the budget committee of the board did approve our entire budget as was proposed by both you and the additions proposed by the mayor. my understanding is that the budget committee that until 5:00 in the morning on the day they approved the budget. i...
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property from the navy to the city. furthermore, the importance of retaining continuity of the navy's environmental program, the potential problems associated with a learning curve inherent in bringing a new engineering firm up to speed as well as understanding there would be a more logical point at a later stage to engage in a subsequent selection process for continued engineering services were policy considerations taken into account when deciding to bring this amendment for you. they intend to conduct a new solicitation process for this scope of work with the contract after the first substantial transfer property currently scheduled for april of 2013. i'm happy to answer any additional questions the committee might have. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't go to the budget analyst report? >> we recommend you approve this legislation. supervisor chu: de thank you very much for the brief report. why don't we open this item up for public comment? are there any members of the public who wish to speak on item
property from the navy to the city. furthermore, the importance of retaining continuity of the navy's environmental program, the potential problems associated with a learning curve inherent in bringing a new engineering firm up to speed as well as understanding there would be a more logical point at a later stage to engage in a subsequent selection process for continued engineering services were policy considerations taken into account when deciding to bring this amendment for you. they intend...
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the city. we talk about community policing without no -- knowing what it means. another challenge is transportation. as the city, you are defined by how well your public transportation works or how well it does not work. even though we have had improvements in muni, i think we have to do a lot better. and i think there are issues in terms of the services that are provided, the reliability of the system. i think the ridership is rightly frustrated they have been asked to pay more for less. i do not think that is right. we have focused on the operational and management fees. we tried to make public transportation acceptable to people. i have worked with the other supervisors to provide -- other supervisors supervisor mirkarimi and mayor lee. this allows us to make an investment in public education, but also a long-term investment in public transportation, because as young people from an early age to use the system, the public transportation system, they are going to be committed to public transpo
the city. we talk about community policing without no -- knowing what it means. another challenge is transportation. as the city, you are defined by how well your public transportation works or how well it does not work. even though we have had improvements in muni, i think we have to do a lot better. and i think there are issues in terms of the services that are provided, the reliability of the system. i think the ridership is rightly frustrated they have been asked to pay more for less. i do...
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majority of the city's revenue. all of those payments were made by piper until we undertook this project. we asked the team -- how do we modernize how we do our work and provide better customer service of the same time? that made for a lot of work in our office. >> the team is an interesting combination of talents and personalities. we have a lot of people who stepped up and became real leaders for the project. >> i've been working for the city for almost 20 years now. i've seen data entry, a paper form scanning, to online filing. we made it easier for the taxpayer to file. we were able to save a lot of money. >> the amount of support in this organization around change and each other is really incredible. you have senior managers who were just so open to the learning process. it makes the process so much easier. it is such a pleasure to go through. >> we have seen a reduction in paper that has been dramatic. we have converted nearly 100% of all of our paper filings to online filings. this work is critical to the cit
majority of the city's revenue. all of those payments were made by piper until we undertook this project. we asked the team -- how do we modernize how we do our work and provide better customer service of the same time? that made for a lot of work in our office. >> the team is an interesting combination of talents and personalities. we have a lot of people who stepped up and became real leaders for the project. >> i've been working for the city for almost 20 years now. i've seen...
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macro, who are involved in businesses at the macro level at the city. i will forward you the invitation, but we welcome you to attend this, and we will also be scheduling a presentation, but if you do want to attend the meeting, we greatly encourage you to do so, and here the presentation, and just let chris know if you plan to attend, so if there are any issues, if we have to agendize it as an informal gathering, then we can do so. i mention the online business. at the july 23 meeting, i would like to have jane did you an on- line presentation about what this will look like. we are still in the quality assurance testing, so we do not know if we will have this completed. there may be some glitches. it will at least give you an idea about what is being developed, and and case management wise, we were up 1% from 2011, 2012, and we were up 1% over the last year, going with the fiscal year. so that concludes our report. president adams: so you're going to be making an offer this week on this new position? >> yes. president adams: thank you. that is not agen
macro, who are involved in businesses at the macro level at the city. i will forward you the invitation, but we welcome you to attend this, and we will also be scheduling a presentation, but if you do want to attend the meeting, we greatly encourage you to do so, and here the presentation, and just let chris know if you plan to attend, so if there are any issues, if we have to agendize it as an informal gathering, then we can do so. i mention the online business. at the july 23 meeting, i would...
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inside the city. at best, it is shortsighted and at worst, it is hypocritical. the competitive disadvantage to create hurts my business. the same is true for many city providers. i would urge you to take a look at that and look at how much revenue as being blood outside the city and necessarily before considering additional taxes on small businesses that are already struggling. it is extremely hard to keep a small business in business in this city. we are all here because we love it and we want the individuality we get to express because we agree with the politics and beauty of san francisco. but it is incredibly difficult to stay here and maintain the ideas -- ideals and maintain a successful business. local businesses provide a tremendous amount of jobs. when you talk about making jobs, small business is the place to do that. hamstringing as with a gross receipts tax is not going to help the situation whatsoever. you could look at statistics on a turnover of small businesses in the last couple of ye
inside the city. at best, it is shortsighted and at worst, it is hypocritical. the competitive disadvantage to create hurts my business. the same is true for many city providers. i would urge you to take a look at that and look at how much revenue as being blood outside the city and necessarily before considering additional taxes on small businesses that are already struggling. it is extremely hard to keep a small business in business in this city. we are all here because we love it and we want...
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the small portion city is being asked to maintain is the result of the city trust improvements -- presidio trust improvements, and the state of caltrans up under a cooperative agreement. this is just to delineate maintenance responsibilities. supervisor mar: colleagues, if there are no comments, let's open this up to public comment. is there anyone from the public would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we move this item up for with a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. could you please call item no. 2. >> ordinance amending the administrative code to allow the port to perform demolition repair and replacement on peers. supervisor avalos: thank you for scheduling this item so quickly. this is a measure i am sponsoring on behalf of the port. is going to help support the more efficient doing its pure made tents and repairs that is so critical at this stage. many of these peers are about 100 years old. this is in line with some of the work we have been doing as a board -- >> [inaudible] supervisor avalos: this is in line with some of the
the small portion city is being asked to maintain is the result of the city trust improvements -- presidio trust improvements, and the state of caltrans up under a cooperative agreement. this is just to delineate maintenance responsibilities. supervisor mar: colleagues, if there are no comments, let's open this up to public comment. is there anyone from the public would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we move this item up for with a positive recommendation...